here is the other scenario that's becoming a problem. That is the fact of getting the certificate signed for a non thai policy and entered in the database. Without that, they appear not to be accepting the insurance. No International insurance company appears to want to sign a Thai issued guarantee certificate.
Alan Sneum you need an insurance for your permitted stay. The O-A visa is issued as a 1 year multiple entry visa.
You require a 1 year Health insurance policy to apply for the visa and for the first time entry. Second and subsequent entrys are only stamped in for the period remaining on your insurance.
Across the Internet, there are a number of reports of people only being given 30 days and told to get insurance, leave and then come back.
Others have not been asked and were given a stamp as per normal for 12 months.
One person who was only issued 30 days was advised by another poster to go to immigration and get the stamp looked at and changed to 12 months. I believe the immigration office was CW. They actually confirmed that the 30 day stamp was indeed correct as he had no insurance and couldn't be issued a 12 month stamp.
Now here is the thing. I just hope that those people being stamped in for 12 months, somewhere along the line, are not deemed to of been stamped in wrongly and the stamp reverted under this section 4 thing. 120 days in, that may have serious consequences.
It don't effect me, but if it did, I would have some serious concern if this this stamp for 12 months is correct or not.